Re: Installing without a CD drive
- From: Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 12:04:11 +0100
Colin Paul Adams wrote:
"Ian" == Ian Pilcher <i.pilcher@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Ian> Colin Paul Adams wrote:
>> Could someone list the procedure to do this (I have the iso
>> images on disc)? It's not in the Installation guide.
Ian> Do you already have Linux installed? If so, you can do a
Ian> hard disk installation without even creating a boot floppy.
Ian> The main thing that you will need is a spare partition to
Ian> hold the ISO images. This partition (obviously) needs to be
Ian> formatted with a file- system that the Fedora kernel can
Ian> read; ext2/3 and FAT32 will certainly work.
Ian> Assuming that you've got such a partition, and you've moved
Ian> the ISO files to it, the next step is to extract the
Ian> installation kernel and initrd from the first ISO and copy
Ian> them to your /boot directory.
Ian> * mount -o ro,loop ISO_FILE MOUNT_POINT * mkdir
Ian> /boot/fc5inst * cp MOUNT_POINT/isolinux/{vmlinuz,initrd.img}
Ian> /boot/fc5inst/ * umount MOUNT_POINT
Ian> Now edit /boot/grub/grub.conf and create a new entry called
Ian> "INSTALL Fedora Core 5". It should be relatively
Ian> straightforward to figure out the root device and the path to
Ian> the kernel and initrd. (If it isn't, you may want to use the
Ian> boot floppy image that's located somewhere in the first ISO.)
Ian> The only kernel parameters required are hardware- specific
Ian> stuff.
Ian> Now you can reboot your system and select a hard drive
Ian> installation. Point the installer to the partition and
Ian> directory in which you've placed the ISO images and proceed
Ian> as normal. You will get a pop-up warning when the installer
Ian> searches for existing installations; it will try to mount the
Ian> partition which contains the ISO images and complain when the
Ian> mount fails (because it's already mounted).
Ian> Hope this helps.
Well, it works up to a point, but then there doesn't appear to be an
upgrade option.
How do I do an upgrade?
You should automatically get an upgrade option if the installer finds your existign installation (I think it looks for /etc/fedora-release). If you're not getting the option, there's probably a problem seeing your existing partitions. Do you need any specific drivers for your existing setup? What is the partitioning arrangement?
Paul.
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